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football6969 · 01-01-2005, 04:29 AM

Paysite webmasters: Do you allow or prevent the use of mass downloading software programs like Quadsucker, etc...

The reason I ask is these programs are reaking havoc on my page counters (the enhanced stats area) since the program follows every last link. The program will also download a file first to the member's HD before deciding if it is a dupe, then not overwrite it on their HD. Of course the average surfer doesn't care about configuring the program to filter out unnecessary files.

I have members (it seems by looking at my logs and server task manager) that set their Quadsuck to DL the entire site every morning before going to work just to save them a few mouseclicks for today's update. My site is like 500megs with over 40,000 files and has page counter scripts that are very server CPU intensive.

Yes, I have protected the page counter areas that cut them off after 10 attempts, but their program goes on and on trying to download every last link everyday. Now I know bandwidth is cheap nowadays, but server CPUs are not. When the server CPUs are pegged at 100% it fucks with my recurring scripts every night.

I've added a dual processor Xeon server just to deal with the page counters and have done other things. Servers are cheap and I have good retention and not complaining about revenue.

My question is: Should I just let them do this everyday or should I crack down on them downloading the entire site's 40,000 files everyday just for 10-15 new files and possibly piss them off when they get cut off. Seems like a big waste of server CPU and php processes.

Thoughts ?

Thanks...and Happy New Year to all. My Apologies for a biz thread on the first day of the New Year.

01-01-2005, 04:29 AM
football6969 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 41	Paysite Webmasters: do you allow members to use mass downloading software (quadsuck) Paysite webmasters: Do you allow or prevent the use of mass downloading software programs like Quadsucker, etc... The reason I ask is these programs are reaking havoc on my page counters (the enhanced stats area) since the program follows every last link. The program will also download a file first to the member's HD before deciding if it is a dupe, then not overwrite it on their HD. Of course the average surfer doesn't care about configuring the program to filter out unnecessary files. I have members (it seems by looking at my logs and server task manager) that set their Quadsuck to DL the entire site every morning before going to work just to save them a few mouseclicks for today's update. My site is like 500megs with over 40,000 files and has page counter scripts that are very server CPU intensive. Yes, I have protected the page counter areas that cut them off after 10 attempts, but their program goes on and on trying to download every last link everyday. Now I know bandwidth is cheap nowadays, but server CPUs are not. When the server CPUs are pegged at 100% it fucks with my recurring scripts every night. I've added a dual processor Xeon server just to deal with the page counters and have done other things. Servers are cheap and I have good retention and not complaining about revenue. My question is: Should I just let them do this everyday or should I crack down on them downloading the entire site's 40,000 files everyday just for 10-15 new files and possibly piss them off when they get cut off. Seems like a big waste of server CPU and php processes. Thoughts ? Thanks...and Happy New Year to all. My Apologies for a biz thread on the first day of the New Year.